TEYE, a giant clam

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Citation

Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri , “TEYE, a giant clam,” String figures, accessed February 25, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/113.
  • Overall presentation

  • Name : TEYE, a giant clam

  • Creator : Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri

  • Contributor(s) : Mata, village of Fona, Ambrym, Vanuatu
    Darsisia, village of Fona, Ambrym, Vanuatu
    Malikli, village of Fona, Ambrym, Vanuatu

  • Date : 2016-2017


  • Information on the string figure

    • General presentation of the string figure

    This string figure represents a giant clam. In the village of Fona, it is said that the first human belonging to the family Koran genealogy was born in a giant clam.

    Construction method (ISFA)

    1. Position I on L hand only to form a hanging loop.
    2. R2 hooks down L palmar string until the hanging loop is fully absorb.
    3. Repeat Step 2
    4. Pass R5 distal to L5f, and picks up L5f.
    5. Pass R1 distal to L palmar string, picks up L palmar string, return to position
    6. 1 picks up 5n
    7. Caroline extension

    Construction method (symbolic writing)

    $\underline{O}.N_{1}:p1(5n): \underline{E}.C\mid$

    Close references (bibliography)

    Sherman, M. a. D., A. Bernard (2015). Some String Figures from Vanuatu collected by A. Bernard Deacon (1903-1927). Bulletin of International String Figures Association, 22: 146-212.
    9. Nelal, p. 194 (same procedure, except step 4 : instead R5, from below, picks up the free end of the hanging loop.
  • Item references

  • Key words : String figures, Ambrym Island (Vanuatu)

  • Publisher : Laboratory SPHERE (UMR 7219, University of Paris & CNRS)

  • Rights : Creative Commons / Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA

  • Format : jpeg, eaf, mp4

  • Language : English, North Ambrymese language

  • Location : Village of Fona, North Ambrym, Vanuatu, South Pacific

  • Description : Ambrymese string figure, method of construction, linguistic data, cultural aspects

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